gimp/inkscape tickets/poster for Gala Show

This year is a very important birthday year for the Glencullen Musical and Dramatic Society. The 40th Anniversary of the society is being celebrated with a Gala Show * * The Magic of Musicals * *.

Rehearsals have kicked off with great energy. There is some lovely music to be heard in St. Tiernan's School on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and indeed from inside cars and bathrooms around the area the whole week long! Younger members have started working on some old favourites from Oliver! and Scrooge. For teenage and adult members rehearsals have started with chorus numbers from Oliver!, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Calamity Jane, Chess and others.

Well done to everyone who came to auditions for solo parts on Thur 15^th Aug. The production team is pulling together the songs and the comedy and drama pieces and the exact order will be set in the coming weeks. Thanks to all who gave input into the selection of pieces from the show!

The show will run at the Mill Theatre in Dundrum from Wed Nov 30 to Dec 3. Please see our poster for details.

Director: Tom Ronayne, Musical Director: Gerry Connolly Choreographer: Helen McCann

omlette, fried potatoes, daal and my first tempura.

I cooked more than usual this weekend.

There was omlette yesterday. Whew it was spicy! (using up some cute looking chillies). Lots of potatoes. Cube. Fry. Add some other veg: some leek and chilli.  Out from the pan with all. In with the egg. Back in with potato. In with sliced tomato. Finally top with cheese.  Later on cook some pasta Kate liked the omlette, Maeve ate some but not too much and Christy didn't like it.  Fionnuala and James looved it. Yum.

Today fionnuala painting hallway. Daire back from camp and Kate from GAA so warm food needed. Fried potatoes worked. Wash and slice potatoes. Blanch. Fry in oil (and remainder into oven with the sausages. Also cauliflower with cheese and beans for the dislikers of cauliflower.

This evening daal + savoury rice and tempura.

I'd never made tempura before. Slice items. Roll items in seasoned flour (and some oats). Dip in egg. Deep fat fry. Items: mango, apple, courgette, one mushroom, leek, carrot, pasta, melon. An odd collection. Using up some things that needed to be used up. Lovely light coating of batter results. I used quite a small saucepan. Fry things  ~6 at a time. Low heat on smallest ring.

Definately good fun. I still have the oil :) Other random things must be chopped and tempura'd.

At end of session oil was inclined to bubble up and froth over. Over onto the lit gas. Except I didn't let it. Torn between wanting to see an explosion of flames and self+house preservation. I do presume hot frothy veg oil would go *foom* for me quite nicely.

For Daal: chop leeks, fry in pan, add daal (green and orange today), add chilli, add garlic, daal curry spice mix, tomatoes, butter. After a bit add water and then simmer for 30 mins.

lighttpd so easy to set up :)

Working sat night examining test runs and results.

I have script that processes results and spits out some URLs.
It runs in Hudson using ssh plugin.
When on from home the link to URLs (like file:///wherever) don't work.  :-(

So ...

# Google lighttpd install.   http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/installing-and-configuring-lighttpd-webserver-howto.html 

#Get lighttpd src.
mkdir ~/src; cd ~/src;  wget http://lighttpd.net/download/lighttpd-1.4.13.tar.gz
tar -zxvf lighttpd*.gz
cd lighttpd-1.4.13 

#Configure build/install. Hmm. Need to configure to install and run from user area. Configure.
echo $HOME
./configure --prefix=$HOME/src/usr --sysconfdir=$HOME/src/etc --datadir=$HOME/src/usr/share --localstatedir=$HOME/src/var
mkdir -p $HOME/src/{usr/share,var} 

#Build and Install
make; make install

#Configure lighttpd to serve up test results dir, port 8888, allow dir browsing, log access area.
cp ~/src/lighttpd-1.4.13/openwrt/lighttpd.conf ~/src/etc/lighttpd.conf
vi ../etc/lighttpd.conf

-#                              "mod_accesslog"
+                               "mod_accesslog"

-server.document-root             = "/www/"
+server.document-root             = "/projects/__TEST_RESULT_AREA__/"

-# accesslog.filename          = "/www/logs/access.log"
+accesslog.filename          = "/__HOMEDIR__/src/www/logs/access.log"

-#server.port                = 81
+server.port                = 8888

-#server.dir-listing          = "enable"
+server.dir-listing          = "enable"
  
diff -u ~/src/lighttpd-1.4.13/openwrt/lighttpd.conf ~/src/etc/lighttpd.conf

#Run. 
cat > ~/src/runlighttpd.sh  <<EOT
cd ~/src
./usr/sbin/lighttpd -f etc/lighttpd.conf
EOT
~/src/runlighttpd.sh 

# Browse results. happy dance. 

Weekend at Roundwood House, Co. Laois.

Weekend at Roundwood House, Co. Laois.
Callan family get-together.

Loads of books.
Lots of lovely old and a bit wonky door handles.
And a poor old old piano we were allowed to open up and try and help a little.
Needs lots more work.
Keys were fallen out and down and catching on other keys.
Board + leather sandwich + keys stuck back on needed.
Replacing and fixing up the strings looks liek it could be quite hard.
And how does the tuning work?  The pegs don't really look like they turn?

Trip through the Slieve Blooms and visit bog park.
http://www.loughbooraparklands.com/

Trip up the hills and short walk.

Monicknew woods/river look close but we didn't quite get htere:
http://www.coillteoutdoors.ie/index.php?id=54&trail=124&no_cache=1
http://www.coillteoutdoors.ie/index.php?id=54&trail=125&no_cache=1
http://www.coillteoutdoors.ie/index.php?id=54&trail=133&no_cache=1

http://www.roundwoodhouse.com/Recreation.htm#walking
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=216736632193507650192.0004ac7476fd48c190c44&msa=0&ll=53.078765,-7.555847&spn=0.116938,0.323067


http://www.slievebloom.ie/index.php?page=slieve-bloom-way

Map 1 - Glenbarrow to Capard and Glendinoregan

Map 2 - Capard to Monicknew

Map 3 - Monicknew to Glendine



http://www.irishtrails.ie/trails.aspx?c=Laois

juicy flapjacks!

Well, not juicy. nice and moist.
Cranks and Flahavans recipies both similar. I added "pink" tea. And raisins.

350g oats
200g butter
100g brown sugar
2tbsp golden syrup
1-2ish mugs tea (herbal or "real")
some raisins

1. mix all together in bowl. hot tea will melt the butter. leave to soak for at least 30 mins.
2. heat oven to 150C/300F/gas2
3. spread mix out on baking tray which has been covered with greaseproof paper. fold up edges and squeeze to make straight sides.
4. bake for 30+ mins. turn up heat at end and brush top with milk to get a golden brown top.
5. cut squares while still warm. leave to cool and firm up in tin.

Kate and I cooked spanish omlette for tea. potatoes cut in short and chunky chips. onion rings.
blanch/par boil those. then fry. add garlic and chilli. keep stirring. add some spinach chopped up small. keep stirring. open all windows to vent choking chilli fumes. add some chopped tomatoes. finally add eggs on top. don't stir. add slices of cheese and grill.

also pictured a cake from Ekram. she'a just had baby and baking us cake!

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Note on bedside locker

20
7
2011

Dear Dad
yes you can leave
notes anywere that
is eys^H^H^H easy to
see. Dad, talk
about every thing.

Kate

Note on bedside locker

Dear dady
why don't we
rithg real
note's